Measuring and dispensing device



Dec. 31, 1935. .1. wALDHExM MEASURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE Filed NOV.18, 1929.

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MEASURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE Filed NOV. 18, 1929 5 Sheers-SheetI 2 INVEN TOR Dec. 3l, 1935. J, WALDHEM 2,025,796

MEASURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Nov. 18, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVEN TOR Patented Dec. 31, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 19 Claims.

This invention relates to measuring and dispensing devices from whichpredetermined quantities of the material therein, such as sugar, coffee.salt, flour, certain kinds of cereals, baking powder, washing powder,soap chips, etc., may be poured at successive tilting operations of thedevice.

An object of the invention is to produce a simple paper container whichmay be used io'r lo measuring and dispensing the material in addition toserving as a carton in which the material may be packed to be conveyedfrom the manufacturer to the consumer.

Another object oi the invention is to provide l5 a refill in the form ofa combined carton and dispenser which may readily be inserted in anouter ornamental case or holder.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a measuring anddispensing device with 2') means to permit an indefinite quantity ofmaterial to be poured therefrom, at will, in a single tilting operationoi the device.

Features and advantages of the relative position and arrangement ofparts will hereinafter 33 appear.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a cylindrical carton, partly in section:

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 2-2 of Fig. l:

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cylindrical carton, its clo uredevice or slide being removed;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view on a smaller scale of the closure device;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the carton showing a duct or chute ofslightly different shape;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view oi a polygonal shaped carton and a case orholder therefor;

Fig. 'l is a top plan view of the device shown 4') in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a. vertical section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section, of the polygonal carton, taken on theline 9-9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the strip which assists in forming theduct from which the material is poured;

Fig. 11 is a top plan View of a cylindrical case and shows thecylindrical carton therein; and if) Fig. 12 is, for the greater part, avertical section taken on the line I2I2 of Fig. 1l, a portion o! theview being shown in elevation.

Similar reference characters represent similar parts throughout theseveral views.

A carton or container I5 comprises a cylindrical wall I8, a top II and abottom I8 suitably secured to the wall I6. The wall I6 has therein anaperture I9 through which the material, such as sugar, in the carton maynow from the storage chamber into the lower end of a duct or chute 2|,said duct being formed by a channelshaped strip 22 extending from thebottom to the top of the carton. The strip 22 isprovided with a channelportion 2l having side iiaps 24 by which it may be secured to the wallI6 by an 10 adhesive or any other suitable means, if the strip 20 andwall I6 are both composed oicardboard or the like. A bottomflap ormember 26 may be folded from the channel portion 23 oi said strip toextend under the bottom I8 oi the carton l5 and to which it is alsosecured by adhesive.

The upper end of the duct 2| is open to provide an aperture 2 Ia throughwhich the measured quantity of. material may be poured from said ductwhen the carton is tilted with its upper end down. It will be understoodif the carton is somewhat empty the material in the chamber 20 fallsaway from the aperture I9, when the carton is tilted, towards theopposite end of the chamber 20, the measured quantity in the ductpassing out at the aperture 2I.

Unless otherwise prevented the material, when the carton is full,continues to pour through the aperture I9, while the carton is in itsdischarging position, thus delivering more than the measured quantity ofmaterial. A baille plate or guard 28 is, however, provided to prevent acontinued flow oi' material. The guard 26 may beprovided with side flaps26 by which it may be secured to the inside of the wall I6.

It will be observed that the sides of the guard are divergent makingsaid guard tapered and inclined with respect to the floor to thus formwith the wall I6 a funnel-like trough or pocket 21 with a 1comparativelylarge opening or mouth 28 at its upper end so as to readily receive thematerial from the chamber 2li while the carton is being returned to itsupright position. It will further be observed, due to the curvature ofthe wall I6, that the size of the mouth of the trough is furtherincreased, and that the curved wall above the trough forms a gutter 29to guide the material into the trough when the carton is set back to itsupright position.

Provision is made to vary the predetermined quantity o! material to-bepoured from the container. To this end there is provided, in the duct2l, a slide 30 engaging in corners 3| formed by the wall I6 and thestrip 22, said slide being thus held close t0 the wall I6. 'Ihe slidemay be set in various positions to locate its bottom edge 22 at variouselevations with respect to the aperture Il and to accordingly controlthe quantity of material admitted to-the bottom of the duct 2|; thequantities corresponding. for example, in the use oi' sugar or the like,to a teaspoon-full and a tablespoon-full.

` Indices 3l an`d 34 may be provided to register with the top ofthecarton to aid in setting the slide in its various positions.

To manipulate the slide 30 it may be provided with a ilap 3l which mayalso serve as a top closure for the duct 2| when thecarton is not inuse. The slide serves not only as a means to vary the quantity ofmaterial to be dispensed but also as a closure for the aperture Il, whenin its lowest position, to prevent the material from lling the duct 2|while the carton is being handled in transit. y

To permit an indefinite quantity of material to be poured from thecarton at will, the wall I6 may be provided at its upper end with anaperture 38 which is usually closed by the upper end of the slide 30.Said slide is also provided with an aperture l1, which lmay beregistered with the aperture 381 until a mark. thereon registers withthe top of the carton. Thus upon tilting the carton, when the apertures38 and 31 are registered, an indefinite quantity of material may bepoured through said apertures 30, 31 and through the duct aperture 2 I'.The aperture 31 is located intermediate the upper and lower edges of theslide and is positioned with reference to the lower edge so that theaperture 31 does not cooperate wlthlthe aperture 3C until the lower edgeof the slide moves clear of the lower aperture Il.

-When the upper level oi.' the material is nearing the bottom oi thecontainer it may be observed through a window 2S in the wall Il; saidwindow being closed by a transparent patch I which may be secured to theinner surface of the wall II.

The duct 2| may be formed by an L-shaped strap 22, Fig. 5, to providecorners Sib in which the slide 30 is guided.

In Figs. 6 to 10, inclusive, there is illustrated a polygonal or squarecarton l5* having side walls Ii! and Il, a top I1* and a bottom i8*suitably secured to said side walls. The carton I5" also has ashort wall|6 forming a cut-of! corner of the carton. An L-shaped strip 22 issecured to the walls I6", at the cut-oil corner to form with the shortwall a duct 2| extending up along the carton; the bottom of the ductbeing formed by turned in ilaps suitably secured to the bottom I8 of thecarton.

The wall |6 is provided at its lower end with an aperture I9'L throughwhich the material may pass from thechamber 20* to the duct.

It will be understood that the sides o! the strip 22e may be consideredas continuations of the walls I6b to ior'm a corner, and that the wallI6e may be considered as a diagonally disposed partition located in thecorner of the carton to form the simple discharge duct 2|.

A tapered partition 28* is diagonally disposed between the side walls I6and is located at the aperture I9` to form a funnel-like pocket ortrough 21 to receive the material from the storage chamber; saidpartition being inclined to eilectively guide the material into thebottom oi' the chute 2l. The partition 26' may be bent at 26b to providea large mouth 28* at the upper end oi the pocket to catch the materialmore efrt may be desirable that the section ne below the bend 2lb oi'the partition 20* be disposed at asteep anglesoastobe as closeaspossibleto g,

the wall IIn and thus keep at a minimum the quantity of material passingfrom the pocket into the duct when the carton is tilted.

A settable slide 30e is guided in corners ll* of the duct-2|, anddetermines the quantity of 10 material to be dispensed at each tiltingof the carton. The wall |l and the slide SI* are provided with apertures38 and 21, respectively, which, when brought into'registration, permitan indennite, or, in other words entire quantity of u material to bepoured from the carton through the aperture at the upper end ot the duct2|".

It will be understood that the carton may be constructed for domesticuse, or for restaurant use. When constructed for domestic use it in- 30cludes the slide provided with the indices to set it according tovarying quantities of material desired, and the slide aperture 31* andaperture 36 may also be provided so that indeilnite quantities ofmaterial may be poured from the carton. g5

When the carton is constructed for use on tables in a restaurant todispense sugar, the slide may be modiiled to serve only as a closure forthe carton during shipment, and when the carton is put into use in therestaurant the slide may be '30 permanently removed from the carton; theaperture at the bottom of the duct being made Just large enough tomeasure out a teaspoon-full o! sugar at each tilting oi' the carton; theaperture at the top of the carton wall being omitted.

It will be understood that the carton intended i'or domestic use mayalso be used in restaurants in which case the slide may be set todispense a teaspoon-full of sugar at a time, and the portion of theslide protruding from the carton may then 4' be torn oil' so as toprevent further manipulation j of said slide. If desired the slide maybe previously weakened at the tearing-oil place.

It will be understood that some of the parts of the cartons, abovedescribed, may be composed o! thin sheet metal, while others may becomposed of card-board. For example, the strip forming the delivery ductmay be of metal provided withv prongs, and the body may be composed o1cardboard to which the duct strip may -be 'attached by 50 said prongs.

It will further be understood that the cartons may, if desired, becomposed completely of thin sheet metal instead of card-board, in whichcase the various parts oi' the carton may be secured g5 to each other bysoldering, riveting, welding, or in any other suitable manner.

It may be objectionable to place the carton on tables in high classrestaurants and I therefor provide a holder 50, which may be ornamental30 and into which the carton may readily be placed and from which theempty carton may be removed to be substituted by a full one. The holdermay include a body 5| to receive the carton, and

a cover 52 which may be connected to the body by a hinge 53.

The holder is provided with a spout 54 which is herein illustrated asforming part of the cover. When the cover is in its closed position thespout aperture 55 registers with the aperture 2 |b at the 70 upper endof the duct 2 l'L so that upon tilting the holder with the spoutdownward, by a handle 56, the measured quantity of sugar passes from theduct 2|a through the spout 5l.

The carton may iit snugly in the body part of the holder 50 to be heldfrictionally therein. The cover 52 may be held closed by a raisedportion 51 on the inside of the cover which springs into a depression 58formed on the body part 5| of the holder. Thebody part 5l may beslightly shorter than the carton so that said carton protrudessufficiently to be readily grasped for removal from the holder. Anaperture 59 is provided in the wall of the body part 5I to register withthe window 39a of the cartcn. `Due to the similarity of thenon-cylindrical shape of the holder and carton the aperture in the ductof the carton is caused to register with the spout of said holder, andthe carton is kept from turning in the holder. It will be understoodthat the holder 51X, Figs. 11 and l2, may be partly cylindrical toreceive the partly cylindrical carton I5. In this form of the inventionthe holder 5 I X, may be provided with a channel 60 in its wallintowhich the duct 2| of said carton ts, thus providing a means to insureregistration of the duct aperture with the spout of the holder and alsoprevent turning of the carton in the holder about its axis.

The parts of the holder SIX, shown in Figs. 11`

and 12, which are similar to those of Fig. 8, have been given the samereference characters with the addition ofthe superscript :12.

While certairrpreferred embodiments of the in# vention have been shownand described, it will be understood that changes in the form,arrangements, proportions, sizes and details thereof may be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention as defined in the appendedclaims.

I claim:- l

1. In a dispenser having an aperture, the combination of means wherebypredetermined, limited quantities of material may be poured from thecontainer at successive tilting operations of the container, a devicesettable on said dispenser relatively to said aperture to vary thequantities of material, said dispenser having another aper-Y ture at itsdischarge end, said device having an aperture, means permitting saiddevice to be set to another position on the dispenser and withoutremoving it from the dispenser to register the device aperture with thesecond mentioned aperture `of the dispenser to uncover said secondmentioned aperture so that an indefinite quantity of the material may bepoured from the container at a single tilting operation of thecontainer.

2. A carton including means to dispense predetermined quantities ofmaterial at successive tilting operations, said means including a chuteat the side of the carton, said chute having a delivery aperture at itsupper end, and an outerV case into which the carton maybe inserted,said'y case having an aperture at the one side of its upper end which islocated at and registers with the aperture in the chute. e

A 3. A carton including means to dispense predetermined quantities ofmaterial at successive tilting operations, said carton having a deliveryaperture at the top thereof, an outer case into which the carton may beinserted, a cover at the top of the case and closing the latter, and aspout on the cover to register with the aperture in the carton throughwhich spout the material may be poured directly from the deliveryaperture.

4. A carton including means to dispense predetermined quantities ofmaterial at successive tiltings, and a window in the wall of the cartonextending down to thebottom of the carton so that the level of thematerial may be observed when the carton is nearly empty. a holder forsaid carton through which the material may be poured from said carton,and a window in said holder to register with theother .window.

5. A dispenser including a storage chamber, a delivery duct having anaperture, a partition sec'- tion at the aperture to forma pocket toreceive the material from the storage chamber and to deliver it throughsaidaperture into said duct, and a partition section angularly disposedto and extending upwardly from the upper end of the rst mentionedsection to form a wide mouth at the upper end to readily catch thematerial and to extend close to said aperture at the other enti.l

6. The combination of a container, a case into which it may be placed,said container having an aperture at one side of its upper end fromwhich material therein may beV poured, said case in' cluding a spout atone side of its upper en d, and means whereby the container may belocated about the axis of the case to register said aperture with thespout so that the material may be poured directly from the aperturethrough the spout.

'7. The combination of ,a carton including'a supply chamber, means atone side of the carton for measuring equal quantities of material 'atsuccessive dumpings thereof, said cartonincluding also a delivery ductat one side thereof and" associated with the measuring means, and anouter case to contain the carton, said case including a spout throughwhich theV material may be poured from the'duct, said spout beinglocated in such a position on the case with respect to the carton as. tocause the material in the supply chamber to flow towards `themeasuring]means'v during part ofthe pouring operation.V l

8. A measuring and dispensing device includ? ing a storage` chamber,aduct extending upwardly from the lower end of said chamber, said ductvhaving-a discharge opening at its upper end, there beingan aperture atthe lower end of thechamber through which a limited Yquantity ofmaterial may pass from the storage chamber into the duct,

and a guard at said aperture, saidguard being bent so that the lowerportion extends upwardly from the floorof the storage chamber and closeto said aperture, and the upper portion forming a large mouth at theupper end of said guard. l

9. In a dispensing device having a plurality of walls including a narrowone to form a storage chamber, a duct member forming with the narf rowwall a triangular duct on the outside of 'the storage chamber, therebeing an aperture at the bottom of said narrow wall through which thematerial may pass from the chamber to the duct,y a slide guided inthecorners of said duct'and z.

adapted to engage the floor of the dispensing device to close saidaperture, said guide being adjustable to vary the size of the aperturein accordance with the quantity of material to be poured from thecontainer, and a guard located at said aperture, said guard extendingfrom the floor ofthe dispenser to a position above the upper end of saidaperture and being located at the inner side of the narrow wall and outof the path of the slide so as notl to be engaged by said slide whilethe latter is in the position to close the aperture.

l0. The combination of a dispenser having a polygonal shape as seen fromthe top, said dispenser having a pre-formed discharge aperture at thetop thereof, and a holder for said dispenser, said holder having anaperture at its upper end, the dispenser tting into the holder, theshapes of the dispenser and holder assisting to positively locate themabout their axes with respect to each Til other, while the dispenser isbeing inserted into the holder. so as to assist in registering theapertures with each other in order that the material may be pouredthrough both `apertures simultaneously.

11. The combination oi.' acontainer which rectangular provided withmeans for dispensing predetermined quantities of material at successivetilting operations, said container being provided also at one of itscorners with a discharge passage, the discharge passage having its mouthin the upper face of the container, a rectangular holder in which thecontainer is replaceably supported, a cover to close the top oi' theholder, and a spout on the cover and located in one corner thereof toset over the mouth of the discharge passage so that the material may bepoured directly from the discharge passage through the spout.

12. In a dispenser, the combination of a supply chamber for dispensiblematerial, a delivery duct extending upwardly at one end of the supplychamber, the latter having two apertures, one at its upper end and oneat its lower end, both apertures opening into the duct, and a slide insaid duct, the lower end of said slide cooperating with the loweraperture to vary the size of the passage from said chamber to said ductto measure and discharge equal quantities of the material at successivetilting operations of the dispenser, the upper end of said slide servingas a closure for the upper aperture, said slide having an apertureintermediate its upper and lower ends which may be registered with theupper aperture to permit an unmeasured quantity of the material to bepoured from the dispenser at a single tilting operation without removingthe slide from the dispenser, the aperture on the slide being locatedwith reference to the lower end of the latter so that the slide aperturecooperates with said upper aperture immediately after the lower end ofsaid slide is moved out of cooperative relation with said lower apertureso as to keep at. a minimum the distance which the slide extends fromthe dispenser.

13. In a dispenser, the combination of a supply chamber having a floor,a delivery duct attached to and extending upwardly on the outside of thesupply chamber, said duct having a iioor independent of the chamberfloor, said supply chamber having an aperture opening into the deliveryduct, and a substantially iiat guard located inside of said chamber andat said aperture, said guard extending upwardly in an inclined positionthroughout its length in said supply chamber, said guard having astraight upper edge and diverging side edges the lat-ter to fit againstthe inner side of the supply chamber to form therewith a funnel likepocket.

14. In a dispenser, the combination of a supply chamber, an elementsecured to the outside of said chamber to form a discharge duct, saidchamber having an aperture opening into said duct, and a member on saidelement and independent of the floor of said chamber to form a closurefor the lower end of said duct, the lower end oi. said duct forming withsaid aperture means for measuring quantities of material. 5 15. In adispenser, the combination of an outer case, an inner case holding thematerial, a duct extending upwardly at one side oi the dispenser, theinner case having an aperture at one side of its lower end and openinginto said duct, said lo aperture forming with the lower end of said ducta measuring device, a discharge aperture at the upper end of the duct,and a cover on the outer case to permit the insertion of the inner caseand to hold the latter in the outer case. 15

16. In a dispenser, the combinationof two elements namely a case, and acontainer in said case and detachably mounted therein, a dischargeopening at one side of the case, said container having an aperture inone side thereof 20 from which the content of the container may bepoured directly through the case opening, means including a projectionon one of said elements to engage in a groove of the other element tolocate the container in the case about the axis thereof 26 to registerthe aperture with said discharge opening, and a cover on the case topermit the insertion of said container.

17. The combination of a dispenser including a cylindrical storagechamber, and a duct at one $0 side thereof, the storage chamber havingan aperture in one side thereof and opening into one end of said duct toform with said end a measuring device, a holder having a majorcylindrical portion and a channel at one side thereof, sa the storagechamber fitting into the major portion of the holder and the duct beinglocated in said channel, the duct and the holder having each an apertureat one end thereof, the duet and the channel being effective to registersaid apertures 40 gith each other and to retain them in registra- 18. Ina dispenser, the combination of a container having an aperture therein,an element on the outside of said container to form therewith adischarge duct, and a member on said element and independent of theiloor of the container to form a closure at the lower end of said duct,said duct being located at said aperture and forming therewith means formeasuring quantities oi' 50 material.

19. In a dispenser, the combination of a container having an aperturetherein, an element on the outside of said container to form therewith adischarge duct, a member on said element and independent of the ilooroi' the container to form a closure for said duct, said duct beinglocated at said aperture and forming therewith means for measuringquantities of material, and a settable slide in said duct to vary thesize of the aperture Q to accordingly vary the quantity of materialmeasured. l v

JOHN WALDHEIM.

